THE ANSWER OF DEPUTY MINISTER SHAVARSH KOCHARYAN TO THE QUESTION OF NEWS.AM AGENCY

23 October, 2013

QUESTION: The European Parliament today adopted a resolution of "the Eastern Partnership", which because of the dubious efforts of some of the parliamentarians of the European Parliament, contains wording on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. How would you comment that?

ANSWER: In the EP resolution on "Eastern Partnership" the wording on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is in contradiction to the European Union's official position, as well as to the positions of internationally mandated format of mediation - the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, USA and France.

Despite the fact that the above mentioned resolution is non-binding, nonetheless independent of the motivations of the authors of that wording, they should understand that they bear responsibility for its possibly negative impact on the negotiation process and undermining of the efforts of the Co-Chairs aimed at the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

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